Xbox | |
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Manufacturer | Microsoft |
Released | 2002 |
Total Games | 948 (322 present) |
← (none) | Xbox 360 → |
Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft. It was first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. It is the predecessor to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. The Xbox was Microsoft's first independent venture into the video game console arena, after having collaborated with Sega in porting Windows CE to the Sega Dreamcast console. Notable launch titles for the console included Halo: Combat Evolved, Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding, Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham Racing, and Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee.
Gamerscore
Gamerscore (denoted as ) is a measure that corresponds to the number of "Achievement" points accumulated by an Xbox Live user. These Achievement points are awarded for the completion of game-specific challenges, such as beating a level or amassing a specified number of wins against other players in Xbox Live matches. Initially, retail Xbox 360 games offered up to 1000 spread over a variable number of Achievements, while each Xbox Live Arcade title contained 12 achievements totalling 200 . These possible totals per game have been raised to 1250 and 250 , respectively; see below. Achievements became a potent system seller for the console.[1].
GameSpot published an article on how to achieve 6,000 easy Achievement points[2] due to the lax nature that some 360 titles had on Achievements, notably EA Sports and 2K Sports titles, that would require almost no effort from the gamer to get the maximum 1000 . The following year's sports titles (2K Sports' 2K7 and EA Sports' 07 titles) featured far more challenging Achievements.
Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson) coined the term for individuals who played games explicitly for the purpose of unlocking achievements to add to their score: Gamerscore Whore.[3] The Gamerscore system and the obsession with it has been the target of ridicule in parts of the gaming press, e.g. in an April Fools' Day edition of Game Informer.
In November 2006, a gamer reached the 100,000-point Gamerscore mark.[4] As of October 31, 2007, David Dreger (aka Knuckles Dawson, an editor at Joystiq sister site Xbox 360 Fanboy) owns the legitimate record for consecutive days earning at least one Achievement point over the course of 681 straight days (one year, 316 days), which lasted from November 22, 2005 to October 4, 2007.[5][6]
On February 1, 2007, Microsoft announced on their Gamerscore Blog some new policies that developers must follow related to Gamerscore and Achievements in future releases.[7] All games must have 1,000 Gamerscore points in the base game - the title could ship with fewer than 1,000 points, but anything added later must be free. Game developers also now have the option of adding up to 250 points via downloadable content (for a total of 1,250 points) - this content can be either free or paid. Xbox Live Arcade titles may add up to 50 points via downloadable content (for a total of 250 points).
On May 26, 2007, Halo 2 was the first Games for Windows game to feature Achievements, which counted towards a player's Xbox Live Gamerscore.
- ↑ http://www.2old2play.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=208&mode=&order=0&thold=0
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/features/6145320/p-2.html
- ↑ http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4798
- ↑ http://www.wireless.joystiq.com/2006/11/28/xbox-360-gamerscore-reaches-100-000-points/
- ↑ Joystiq: How a 681-day achievement streak comes to an end
- ↑ X3F: X3F Achievements 101: The Way the World Ends
- ↑ http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/02/01/540575.aspx
Pages in category "Xbox"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 322 total.
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- Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
- Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
- Call of Duty 3
- Call of Duty: Finest Hour
- Capcom Classics Collection
- Capcom Fighting Evolution
- Capcom Fighting Jam
- Capcom vs. SNK 2
- Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO
- Cars
- Castle of Shikigami
- Castle of Shikigami 2
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Cel Damage
- Championship Manager: Season 01/02
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E.
- Commandos 2: Men of Courage
- Conflict: Desert Storm II
- Conker: Live & Reloaded
- Counter-Strike
- Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
- Crash Nitro Kart
- Crash Twinsanity
- Crash: Mind over Mutant
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
- Curious George
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- The Da Vinci Code
- Dakar 2
- Dead or Alive 3
- Dead to Rights
- Def Jam: Fight for NY
- Destroy All Humans!
- Destroy All Humans! 2
- Doom 3
- Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
- Dr. Muto
- Dragon Ball Z: Sagas
- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Driv3r
- Driver: Parallel Lines
- Dynasty Warriors 3
- Dynasty Warriors 4
- Dynasty Warriors 5
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- Fable
- Fable: The Lost Chapters
- Fahrenheit
- Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
- Family Guy Video Game!
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- Fatal Frame
- FIFA Football 2003
- FIFA Football 2005
- Finding Nemo
- Forza Motorsport
- Frogger Beyond
- Frogger: Ancient Shadow
- From Russia with Love
- Full Spectrum Warrior
- Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
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- Gauntlet Dark Legacy
- Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
- Ghost Master
- Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
- The Godfather: The Game
- Godzilla: Save the Earth
- GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies
- Grand Theft Auto Double Pack
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
- The Great Escape (2003)
- Guilty Gear Isuka
- Guilty Gear XX ♯Reload
- Gun
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- Half-Life 2
- Halo 2
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (console)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
- Hitman: Blood Money
- Hitman: Contracts
- Hulk
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- The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
- Legends of Wrestling II
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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- Madagascar
- Madden NFL 06
- Madden NFL 07
- Madden NFL 08
- Madden NFL 2002
- Madden NFL 2003
- Madden NFL 2004
- Madden NFL 2005
- Mafia
- Manhunt
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
- The Matrix: Path of Neo
- Max Payne
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
- MechAssault
- MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
- Medal of Honor: Frontline
- Mega Man Anniversary Collection
- Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
- Metal Slug 3
- Metal Slug 4
- Metal Slug 5
- Midway Arcade Treasures
- Midway Arcade Treasures 2
- Monster 4x4: World Circuit
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
- Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
- Mortal Kombat: Deception
- MVP 06: NCAA Baseball
- MVP Baseball 2004
- MVP Baseball 2005
- MX Unleashed
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- Namco Museum
- Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
- NBA 2K2
- NBA Live 06
- NBA Live 2002
- NCAA Football 2005
- Need for Speed: Carbon
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- Need for Speed: ProStreet
- Need for Speed: Underground
- Need for Speed: Underground 2
- NFL Street
- NHL 06
- NHL 07
- NHL 2002
- NHL 2003
- NHL 2004
- NHL 2005
- NHL Hitz 20-02
- NHL Hitz 20-03
- NHL Hitz Pro
- Nickelodeon Party Blast
- Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
- Ninja Gaiden Black